Indiana put on a show, including a school record from Marwan Elkamash in the 500-yard free, during night two of the USA Swimming Winter Nationals.
Indiana Press Release
ATLANTA – The Indiana University men’s and women’s swimming and diving team had a great showing at the 2016 AT&T Winter National Championships in Atlanta on Thursday.
Highlighting the Hoosiers’ effort was Marwan Elkamash, who set the Indiana school record in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:13.44. Elkamash’s great time just missed a NCAA A cut by 0.22 seconds. Elkamash was one of eight IU swimmers to make the A and B finals of the event.
In the A Final, Max Irwin placed second (4:18.51), while Jackson Miller was fourth (4:19.32). Adam Destrampe rounded out IU’s effort on the A Final, placing eighth with a time of 4:22.51.
In the B Final, Jack Collins placed third to finish 11th overall (4:23.41), while Matthew Anderson placed 12th (4:23.50) and Andrej Ivanovic finished 1th overall (4:24.93). Trey Hubbuch was 16th in a time of 4:25.46.
Vini Lanza also had a great showing on Thursday, winning the 200 IM with a time of 1:43.57, ranking him as the fourth-fastest swimmer in the event in IU history. Bob Glover took eighth overall with a time of 1:49.52.
Indiana also won the men’s 400 medley relay, as the team of Glover, Ian Finnerty, Lanza and Sam Lorentz touched the wall first with a time of 3:09.51. The IU team of Wilson Beckman, Levi Brock, Irwin and Oliver Patrouch were fourth overall with a mark of 3:13.82.
In the men’s 50 freestyle, Lorentz was Indiana’s top finisher, placing third in the A Final with a personal-best time of 19.70, ranking him as the fifth-fastest performer in the event at IU. Patrouch was fourth with a time of 19.78, while Josh Romany was eighth in the A Final with a time of 20.17, ranking him as the 17th-best swimmer in the event at Indiana. In the B Final, Anze Tavcar, was second to finish 10th overall with a time of 20.02.
On the women’s side for the Hoosiers at the AT&T Winter Nationals, Stephanie Marchuk placed third in the 50 freestyle with a personal-best time of 4:39.55, ranking her as the seventh-best swimmer in the event at IU. Freshman Cassie Jernberg was sixth in the A Final, touching the wall in a time of 4:45.03 that puts her 12th on IU’s all-time performer list.
In the women’s 200 IM, Bailey Pressey won the B Final to place ninth overall with a personal-best time of 1:57.81, putting her fifth on Indiana’s all-time performer list in the event. Rachel Matsumura took fourth in the B Final to take 12th with a personal-best mark of 2:00.36 that ranks her as the 16th-best performer in the event at IU.
Ali Rockett placed 15th overall for the Hoosiers in the 50 freestyle, touching the wall in a time of 23.01. Rockett’s personal-best mark ties her as the seventh-best performer in the event at Indiana.
In the 400 medley relay, the Hoosier team of Marie Chamberlain, Laura Morley, Gia Dalesandro and Rockett were third overall with a time of 3:37.71. The other IU team of Brooklyn Snodgrass, Mackenzie Atencio, Christine Jensen and Holly Spears were fourth with a time of 3:39.92.
The Indiana University men's and women's swimming and diving teams will continue at the AT&T USA Swimming Winter Nationals and at the Miami (OH) Invitational on Friday.
Pittsburgh Press Release
ATLANTA—A fifth-place finish in the 500 freestyle from junior Amanda Richey highlighted Pitt swimming & diving’s first day at the AT&T Winter Nationals in Atlanta on Thursday.
After qualifying for the finals with an eighth-place preliminary swim in 4:47.85, Richey dropped her time significantly to place fifth in the 500 free with a season-best time of 4:44.73. Sarah Giamber also finished 25th in the event for Pitt with a time of 4:54.64.
Zach Lierley led the Panthers on the men’s side, placing 13th in the 200 IM prelims in a Pitt-best time of the season of 1:49.10 before racing the same event in 1:49.36 in his B final. Freshman Samy Helmbacher also posted his best time of the season in the 200 IM to take fourth in his C final in 1:49.26 after qualifying 22nd in 1:50.09. Another freshman, Brian Ramsey, also competed in the 200 IM, placing 37th in 1:57.49.
Aaron Sett was Pitt’s lone representative in the men’s 500 free, placing 17th in 4:27.02 during the preliminary races before taking fifth in his C finals heat in 4:28.28.
Capping Pitt’s efforts on Thursday at the AT&T Winter Nationals in Atlanta were two swimmers in the 50 free—Henrique Machado on the men’s side and Emily Murphy for the women. Machado qualified 15th in 20.44 to earn a place in the B final, where he placed sixth in 20.41. Murphy swam 22nd in 23.28 in the women’s 50 free preliminary heats and finished third in her C final with an improvement time of 23.11.
Pitt will return to the pool in Atlanta with more races tomorrow morning starting at 9 a.m., with the Panthers hoping to qualify for Friday night’s final races that begin at 5 p.m.
Ohio State Press Release
Atlanta, Ga.— The 2016 AT&T Winter National Championships are going on right now at Georgia Tech McAuley Aquatic Center and Ohio State swimmers are putting on quite the show.
Most notably, Lindsey Clary took home the national title in the 500 freestyle (4:39.33) during the day two finals session. Clary and Minnesota’s Brooke Zeiger, two All-American swimmers, were neck and neck heading into the finish, but Clary overtook her Big Ten foe down the stretch to come away with gold.
It marks the second national title for Clary, who capture the 400 IM crown as a sophomore in 2014. Last year at this meet Clary earned a pair of fourth place finishes in the 400 IM and 800 freestyle.
In addition to Clary, fellow Buckeye Meg Bailey has had a successful trip to nationals as well. In the event right after her teammate, Bailey took silver in the 200 IM with a stellar time of 1:57.81. She also competed at last year’s meet, swimming in four events.
Friday during prelims, both Clary and Bailey went 2-3 in the 400 IM with times of 4:09.15 and 4:11.68, respectively, and will be swimming in the top finals heat later today. Former Buckeye Aliena Schmidtke took the top spot in the 100 butterfly prelims (52.80).
Clary, Bailey, Taylor Vargo, and Katie Antal are all in Georgia representing Ohio State at the Winter National Championships.
